"Lauren MacLean shows that reliable electricity is not only fundamental to a prosperous economy but intimately tied to successful democracy too."--Todd Moss, Executive Director, Energy for Growth Hub "In this creative and insightful book on Ghana's persistent electricity crisis, Lauren Maclean carefully demonstrates how power literally begets power, in both senses of the word, with inequality in access to reliable electricity a function of much deeper forms of inequality in citizens' ability to make effective bottom-up claims on the state. This is important reading for scholars and students of service delivery, citizenship, and grassroots politics in Ghana and beyond."--Noah Nathan, author of The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland "This is a great book, based on very solid and extensive research, on a topic that is both pointed in terms of its occurrence and also evergreen in its relevance as controversy and debates over access to electricity have and continue to plague Ghana. MacLean draws on a wide range of sources . [anddebates over access to electricity have and continue to plague Ghana. MacLean draws on a wide range of sources . [anddebates over access to electricity have and continue to plague Ghana.

MacLean draws on a wide range of sources . [anddebates over access to electricity have and continue to plague Ghana. MacLean draws on a wide range of sources . [and] in doing so, she seeks to create a book that is interdisciplinary in its methods and broad in its audience, seeking to engage academics, policymakers, activists, and practitioners alike by providing straightforward explanation for this ongoing crisis."--Jennifer Hart, author of Making an African City "This is an excellent book that makes three important contributions. First, it introduces a theory of citizenship based on reciprocity, thereby revising social contract theory. Second, it traces the history of electricity provision in Ghana and analyzes it in the context of energy poverty and the era of climate change. Third, it integrates unique methodologies (some of which are used in disciplines outside of the social sciences) to center the perspectives of ordinary people in the study of politics and development.

For these reasons, Negotiating Power and Inequality in Ghana will be of great interest to students of comparative politics, African politics, development studies, and environmental studies."--Jeffrey W. Paller, author of Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa nmental studies."--Jeffrey W. Paller, author of Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa nmental studies."--Jeffrey W. Paller, author of Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa nmental studies."--Jeffrey W.

Paller, author of Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa.